Mya the Reckless

Her name is from the novel Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke – one of my favourite kids authors. I even like her more that J.K. (shhhhh). Thief Lord & Inkheart are my favourites and I wasn’t in love with Dragon Rider until I heard the audio book read by Brandon Fraiser. That made me love it. And have a little crush on him.

Unfortunatly, she looks nothing like the dragons in that book. If I had been a bit more clever, I would have made her silver. But don’t tell her that.

Notes: This was quick and fun, though they yarn, knit double on smaller needles, hurt my hands if I knit on her too much. I’m not thrilled about the sewing up – the hind legs are kind of wonky & I think I sewed them oddly. But she still sits up.

I got the eyes at Jo-Anns, finally finding the safety eyes. And those suckers are in…ask me about putting both eyes on the WRONG side first. I don’t think a baby would be able to get them. And although I wish they were black & white, the brown looks fine.

I just hope my niece likes her. She’s very soft (the dragon I mean, although I guess my niece is soft as well) and cuddly so she’ll withstand many hugs. I will definitely use Crayon again for toys.